After work today, I took transit to downtown in hopes of catching Michael Buble run the torch down the Burrard Street Bridge and along Pacific. Well I got there 2 hours before he was supposed to run through since I was anticipating a crowd. I anticipated too well since there was hardly anyone around at the time. That left me time to get some food and by the time I got back to my spot, crowds were starting to form. After an hour, there was several thousand people lining the streets of Burrard and Pacific. It was quite enjoyable to be part of the crowd! Unfortunately Michael Buble didn’t run the torch down, or at least we didn’t get to see him.  He was quite personable and took the time to take photos with many spectators as well as letting people rub the Torch for good luck! It’s like…an Olympic Torch Buddha!

*Correction, Michael Buble did run the torch in, the crowd I was in managed to miss him still grrr*

Running the Torch at the foot of the Burrard Street Bridge

Rubbing the torch for Good Luck

Cokemobile party truck

Make some noise Vancouver!

Fireworks over LiveCity Yaletown

Lights shooting into the sky at LiveCity Yaletown

Less than 1 day to go till the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. ITS MINDBLASTING!

Today I went on a photowalk downtown to take in sights of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Elizabeth Manley and Katarina Witt were at Robson Square doing some performances. There was A LOT of media there, I saw Global TV,  News1130, Reuters, and Associated Press there just to name a few. Unfortunately I was too far away to get any good shots of them. We then walked down to the Telus World of Science which is now the Russia House pavilion which Russia will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. I can’t wait to check out what they have in store in there during the Olympics. Here are some of the shots I took today

Close up of a Olympic Poster

Mural at Vancouver Art Gallery

Close up detail of the mural at Vancouver Art Gallery

Russian Press

A look at what the Telus World of Science looks now

Banners up at the Telus World of Science promoting the 2014 Winter Olympics

Had the Volvo serviced today and had a few hours to kill. I went out to UBC with dabu6o4. The Thunderbird Stadium Olympic venue was all prepped and ready for February 12th.

Only a month to go before the 2010 Winter Olympic games start in Vancouver. Excitement is building. I got tickets for some of the events where I will be attending with family and friends!

In other news, The Georgia Strait has chosen my “When dragonboats sleep” photo for their first Photo of the Week on the Georgia Strait website. Thank you Georgia Strait! Here’s the link

Went downtown today to pick up my Vancouver 2010 Olympic tickets and brought my camera with me. I also made a stop at The Bay. I didn’t realize there was such a large selection of Olympic merchandise. It was quite impressive.